Packing-case for bottles



UNITE BERTRAND IV. ATVOOD, OF WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS.

PACKINGECASE FOR BOTTLES..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,311, dated February22, 189:8.

Application filed March 3, 1897. Serial No. 625,883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t `may concern,.-

Beit known that I, BERTRAND W. ATWOOD, of Whitman, in the county ofPlymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Packing-Cases for Bottles, of which the following, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speciiication.

My invention relates more particularly to open-work packing-cases forbottles, although with slight modifications it may be applied to allkinds ofl packing-cases in which it is desirable to insure an inclosingcase for glass or other fragile ware which will protect its contents byyielding supports, so that in handling and transportation the articlescan only come in contact with elastic supports.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my packing-cases, a bottlewithin it being represented by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview showing one of the yielding supports of the packing-case.

In the drawings, A A represent four cor-l ner-posts, to which the sideyielding supports B B are attached.

The bottom pieces C and Care securely attached to the other parts andare provided with elastic bosses D D, which extend above the surface andare adapted to receive the bottom of the bottle and to protect it fromfracture by receiving a sudden jar as it is lowered into its case.

The novelty of this device consists in the construction of the yieldingsupports B,which I will now describe.

Each of the yielding` supports or side slats B consists of an outsidemember K, (see Fig. 2,) ends L L, an opening H H', and yieldingtongue-pieces T T. 'These tongues nearly meet at R in the center and aresufiiciently yielding to protect the bottle that is in contact with themfrom receiving any fracture by a sudden impact or blow from Without. Theside supports B B are represented in the drawings as made each of asingle piece lierfed, as at H I-I', and cut, as at R; but, if desirable,the support B may be made by uniting thin pieces together. Forconvenience in inserting the bottle each of the pieces B is chamferedoff, as shown at S.

A packing-case for bottles consisting of upright posts and suitablebottom slats, said upright posts having cross-slats provided withelastic tongue-pieces extending from the ends of the said cross-slats toa point nearthe center, the said tongue-pieces being adapted toelastically hold the bottle by their free ends, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 22d day of February, A.D. 1897.

BERTRAND w. ATwooD.

Witnesses:

HARRY N. KEITH, JOSEPH PETTEE, J r.

